Education is meant to offer stability.
But for a group of Grade 12 learners on Gauteng's East Rand, their future was suddenly thrown into doubt when they were unexpectedly transferred from El Shaddai Learning Academy to Lee Rand High School in Benoni.
Families then uncovered a troubling pattern. Learners had been moved between these private schools for years and, no matter where they started, or where they ended up, all the schools are linked to the same person - Preneeda Naidoo.
But here’s the kicker - the very school these Grade 12 learners had been transferred to was not accredited to offer matric in the first place. And when we widened our search, we found the same compliance concerns following the Naidoo school network wherever we looked.
The Devi Show heads back to school to investigate what parents have dubbed the "school cartel."